2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series

The 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series was a motor racing series for V8 Supercars. The series, which was the fifth V8 Supercar Championship Series, began on 22 March 2003 in Adelaide and ended on 30 November at Eastern Creek Raceway after 13 rounds. It ended with the awarding of the 44th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to Tasmanian driver Marcos Ambrose. It was the first time a Stone Brothers Racing driver had won the championship and marked the first title win by a Ford driver since Glenn Seton in 1997, ending a five-year run by Holden Racing Team.

Calendar

The 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series consisted of 13 rounds which included eleven sprint rounds of one, two or three races and two longer distance endurance races requiring two drivers per car.

Rd. Round Name,
Circuit 		City / state Date
1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide,
Adelaide Street Circuit 		Adelaide, South Australia 20–23 March
2 Phillip Island Phillip Island, Victoria 11–13 April
3 Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 2–4 May
4 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 23–25 May
5 VB 300,
Barbagallo Raceway 		Perth, Western Australia 6–8 June
6 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 27–29 June
7 BigPond 300,
Queensland Raceway 		Ipswich, Queensland 18–20 July
8 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 15–17 August
9 Betta Electrical Sandown 500,
Sandown International Raceway 		Melbourne, Victoria 12–14 September
10 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000,
Mount Panorama Circuit 		Bathurst, New South Wales 9–12 October
11 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge,
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 		Surfers Paradise, Queensland 23–26 October
12 Placemakers V8 International,
Pukekohe Park Raceway 		Pukekohe, New Zealand 7–9 November
13 VIP Petfoods Main Event,
Eastern Creek Raceway 		Eastern Creek, New South Wales 28–30 November

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series consisted of eleven rounds of sprint racing and two rounds (the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000) of endurance racing with each car piloted by two drivers.

Manufacturer Vehicle Team No. Drivers Events Endurance Event Drivers
Ford Falcon AU Ford Performance Racing 5 Glenn Seton 1–3 —
Rod Nash Racing (FPR) 19 David Besnard 1–6 —
00 Motorsport 7 Rodney Forbes 1–3 —
Larkham Motorsport 10 Mark Larkham 1–8, 11–13 —
20 Jason Bargwanna 1–7
Grant Johnson 9–10 Kerry Wade
Noske Motorsport 23 Mark Noske 1–8, 11–13 —
Neal Bates 9–10 Rick Bates
Paul Little Racing 75 Anthony Tratt 1–7 —
Thexton Motor Racing 99 David Thexton 1–4, 6–13 Brett Peters*
Stephen Voight**
Falcon BA Stone Brothers Racing 4 Marcos Ambrose All Russell Ingall
9 Russell Ingall 1–8, 11–13 —
Mark Noske 9–10 Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing 5 Glenn Seton 4–8, 11–13 —
Darren Hossack 9–10 Adam Macrow
6 Craig Lowndes All Glenn Seton
Rod Nash Racing (FPR) 7 David Besnard 11–13 —
19 7–10 Owen Kelly
00 Motorsport 7 Rodney Forbes 4, 6 —
00 5
Greg Ritter 1–4, 6
Larkham Motorsport 10 Mark Larkham 9–10 Jason Bargwanna
20 Jason Bargwanna 8, 11–13 —
Dick Johnson Racing 17 Steven Johnson All Warren Luff
18 Max Wilson All David Brabham
Brad Jones Racing 21 Brad Jones All John Bowe
888 John Bowe 1–8, 11–13 —
John Cleland 9–10 Andrew Jones
Steven Ellery Racing 31 Steven Ellery All Luke Youlden
Briggs Motorsport 8
Triple Eight Race Engineering 5 		65 Paul Radisich All Rickard Rydell
66 Dean Canto All Matthew White
Paul Little Racing 75 Anthony Tratt 8–13 Paul Stokell
Holden Commodore VX Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia 4 (HRT)
John Kelly Racing 9 (HRT) 		15 Rick Kelly 1–8, 11–13 —
Cameron McLean 9–10 Andy Priaulx
51 Greg Murphy 1–7 —
Lansvale Smash Repairs 3 Cameron McConville All Tim Leahey
Perkins Engineering 8 Paul Dumbrell All Tomas Mezera
11 Steven Richards 1–5 —
Paul Weel Racing 16 Paul Weel 1–8, 11–13 —
Marcus Marshall 9–10 Greg Ritter
50 Jason Bright All Paul Weel
Team Kiwi Racing 021 Craig Baird All Mark Porter
Romano Racing 24 Paul Romano 1 —
Paul Morris Motorsport 24 Wayne Wakefield 3–4, 7–8, 10 Andy McElrea
Alan Gurr 9
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Jamie Whincup 1–9, 11–12 Allan Simonsen
Nathan Pretty 10
Commodore VY Holden Racing Team 1 Mark Skaife All Todd Kelly
2 Todd Kelly 1–8, 11–13 —
Jim Richards 9–10 Tony Longhurst
John Kelly Racing (HRT) 51 Greg Murphy 8–13 Rick Kelly
Perkins Engineering 11 Steven Richards 6–13 Larry Perkins
Paul Morris Motorsport 29 Paul Morris All John Faulkner
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Jamie Whincup 13 —
34 Garth Tander All Nathan Pretty*
Jamie Whincup**
Team Dynamik 44 Simon Wills All Jason Richards
45 Jason Richards 1–8, 11–13 —
Nicolas Minassian 9–10 Wayne Wakefield*
Jan Magnussen**
Wildcard Entries
Ford Falcon AU Fernández Racing 55 José Fernández 10 David Russell
Sydney Star Racing 89 Mal Rose 10 Grant Elliott**
Holden Commodore VX Robert Smith Racing 13 Phillip Scifleet 9–10 Steve Owen
72 Alan Gurr 10 Jonny Reid
Lansvale Smash Repairs 24 David Krause 13 —
John Faulkner Racing 46 Tony Ricciardello 9–10 Dale Brede
Phoenix Motorsport 59 Jamie Miller 10 Ron Searle
Robert Jones Racing 69 Robert Jones 10 Peter Doulman

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Driver changes

Team changes

Results and standings

Results summary

Round Race Event Pole position Race winners Round winner Report
1 R1 Adelaide Jason Bright Marcos Ambrose Mark Skaife
(Holden Racing Team, Holden) 		report
R2 Mark Skaife
2 Phillip Island Mark Skaife Craig Lowndes
(Ford Performance Racing, Ford)
3 Eastern Creek 1 Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
4 Winton Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
5 R1 Perth Greg Murphy Greg Murphy Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
R2 Mark Skaife
R3 Marcos Ambrose
6 R1 Darwin Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
R2 Marcos Ambrose
R3 Marcos Ambrose
7 Ipswich Marcos Ambrose Russell Ingall
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
8 Oran Park Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
9 Sandown Marcos Ambrose Mark Skaife
Todd Kelly
(Holden Racing Team, Holden) 		report
10 Bathurst Greg Murphy Greg Murphy
Rick Kelly
(John Kelly Racing, Holden) 		report
11 R1 Gold Coast Todd Kelly Russell Ingall Russell Ingall
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
R2 Russell Ingall
12 R1 Pukekohe Greg Murphy Greg Murphy Greg Murphy
(John Kelly Racing, Holden) 		report
R2 Greg Murphy
R3 Mark Skaife
13 R1 Eastern Creek 2 Mark Skaife Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
R2 Marcos Ambrose

Drivers championship

Drivers were required to drop the points earned at their worst round from their total, regardless of how many rounds were entered. Drivers who only entered one round lost all their points.

Pos. Driver No. ADE
 PHI
 EAS1
 WIN
 BAR
 HID
 QLD
 ORA
 SAN
 BAT
 SUR
 PUK
 EAS2
 Pen. Pts.
1 Marcos Ambrose 4 1 Ret 17 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 5 6 6 4 6 23 9 1 1 0 2085
2 Greg Murphy 51 10 11 3 5 14 1 4 3 6 5 2 8 11 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 23 Ret 0 1983
3 Mark Skaife 1 2 1 6 19 6 2 1 23 1 2 3 Ret 3 1 8 3 3 7 2 1 7 Ret 105 1817
4 Jason Bright 50 3 6 2 4 2 12 10 10 3 4 4 5 19 31 Ret 4 Ret 21 3 2 2 2 0 1770
5 Craig Lowndes 6 Ret 7 1 2 10 6 Ret 17 28 27 15 6 2 16 2 15 9 16 12 18 6 4 0 1756
6 Steven Richards 11 4 2 7 8 3 4 3 8 9 6 5 Ret 23 6 4 Ret 22 20 6 6 4 16 50 1709
7 Russell Ingall 9 7 12 10 3 4 5 27 14 Ret 17 8 1 8 5 6 1 1 19 26 10 DSQ DSQ 90 1701
8 Rick Kelly 15 9 24 11 9 11 10 9 4 14 7 18 9 24 3 1 5 7 8 13 5 25 10 25 1675
9 Todd Kelly 2 5 5 5 Ret DSQ 7 7 2 7 24 Ret 3 6 1 8 10 Ret 2 4 4 3 Ret 0 1628
10 Paul Radisich 65 12 4 12 15 7 16 13 6 5 8 23 Ret Ret 7 7 11 6 5 7 8 12 7 0 1618
11 John Bowe 888 Ret 23 21 30 8 30 11 11 10 10 7 7 7 4 10 14 10 12 10 Ret 11 14 0 1478
12 Garth Tander 34 13 15 4 6 Ret 9 5 5 4 3 24 25 4 18 19 16 Ret 3 Ret 21 22 5 0 1470
13 Paul Weel 16 14 3 8 11 5 13 6 7 12 11 13 10 16 22 Ret 13 16 15 11 12 29 Ret 0 1450
14 Jason Bargwanna 20 15 19 26 14 13 Ret Ret DNS 17 13 20 17 15 9 Ret 17 13 4 5 13 9 6 0 1341
15 Glenn Seton 5 18 10 9 26 12 14 15 18 Ret 16 17 Ret Ret 16 2 12 5 11 9 11 18 Ret 0 1266
16 Steven Johnson 17 6 Ret 18 17 19 29 18 12 13 29 12 12 Ret 15 13 8 8 10 Ret 16 20 Ret 0 1229
17 Max Wilson 18 26 Ret 16 16 9 24 17 13 Ret 20 16 24 Ret 19 12 9 23 18 24 19 5 3 0 1214
18 Cameron McConville 3 8 Ret Ret 12 17 21 8 9 23 14 14 15 9 Ret 20 19 15 Ret 18 20 10 8 0 1191
19 Steven Ellery 31 29 DSQ 20 22 25 11 16 Ret 8 15 9 14 21 2 3 Ret Ret 9 21 14 24 23 0 1164
20 Brad Jones 21 24 18 15 Ret 26 15 14 15 15 21 10 Ret 12 4 10 Ret 18 22 22 15 16 18 0 1127
21 David Besnard 19/7 Ret Ret Ret 13 24 20 20 Ret 24 18 28 11 13 8 Ret 7 Ret 25 15 Ret 28 11 0 1059
22 Simon Wills 44 16 9 22 7 Ret 8 Ret 16 11 9 6 Ret Ret Ret 22 22 11 13 8 7 Ret 22 0 1059
23 Paul Morris 29 27 20 13 10 Ret 18 Ret 20 Ret 23 30 4 Ret 13 Ret 20 19 14 16 Ret 8 19 0 1047
24 Dean Canto 66 20 Ret 29 23 23 27 22 26 18 12 19 22 10 14 Ret Ret 24 17 14 25 15 9 0 1001
25 Mark Larkham 10 23 16 23 18 22 26 23 27 26 30 21 Ret 18 9 Ret 18 17 27 20 23 19 Ret 0 949
26 Jason Richards 45 28 Ret 28 21 15 28 12 25 16 31 24 20 5 Ret 22 23 Ret DNS DNS DNS 14 21 0 909
27 Jamie Whincup 33 17 22 25 Ret Ret 22 Ret 21 20 Ret 11 16 20 29 19 25 12 28 17 Ret 13 15 0 906
28 Mark Noske 23/9 Ret 13 30 27 18 17 19 19 19 25 29 21 14 11 Ret Ret 25 Ret DNS DNS 17 13 0 905
29 Paul Dumbrell 8 11 8 31 20 Ret 19 26 Ret 27 22 Ret 13 17 Ret 14 26 21 24 28 17 21 12 0 887
30 Craig Baird 021 21 14 19 24 DSQ 25 24 22 22 19 27 18 22 Ret 17 21 14 23 19 22 26 20 0 856
31 Anthony Tratt 75 19 Ret 24 Ret 16 31 21 24 25 Ret DNS 19 Ret 30 Ret 24 20 Ret 25 24 27 17 0 678
32 Greg Ritter 00/16 22 13 14 28 20 29 26 20 22 Ret 0 537
33 David Thexton 99 DNQ DNQ DNQ 29 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 23 DNQ 26 16 DNQ DNQ 26 27 26 DNQ DNQ 0 348
34 Rodney Forbes 7 25 21 27 25 DSQ 23 25 28 21 28 26 0 238
35 Luke Youlden 31 2 3 0 188
36 Larry Perkins 11 6 4 0 180
37 Tony Longhurst 2 10 5 0 176
37 Jim Richards 2 10 5 0 176
39 Rickard Rydell 65 7 7 0 168
40 Owen Kelly 19 8 Ret 0 164
41 John Cleland 888 20 9 0 160
41 Andrew Jones 888 20 9 0 160
43 Wayne Wakefield 24/45 DNQ 21 DNQ DNQ 28 DNQ 0 156
44 Nicolas Minassian 45 28 11 0 152
44 Mark Winterbottom 9 11 Ret 0 152
46 David Brabham 18 19 12 0 148
47 Cameron McLean 15 12 Ret 0 148
47 Andy Priaulx 15 12 Ret 0 148
49 Warren Luff 17 15 13 0 144
49 John Faulkner 29 13 Ret 0 144
51 Matthew White 66 14 Ret 0 140
51 Tomas Mezera 8 Ret 14 0 140
53 Darren Hossack 5 17 Ret 0 128
53 Adam Macrow 5 17 Ret 0 128
53 Mark Porter 021 Ret 17 0 128
56 Grant Johnson 20 23 18 0 124
56 Kerry Wade 20 23 18 0 124
56 Nathan Pretty 33 18 Ret 0 124
59 Tim Leahey 3 Ret 20 0 116
60 Steve Owen 13 21 21 0 112
60 Phillip Scifleet 13 21 21 0 112
62 Marcus Marshall 16 22 Ret 0 108
63 Dale Brede 46 24 Ret 0 100
63 Tony Ricciardello 46 24 Ret 0 100
65 Neal Bates 23 25 Ret 0 100
65 Rick Bates 23 25 Ret 0 100
67 Alan Gurr 24/72 27 Ret 0 88
67 Andy McElrea 24 27 DNQ 0 88
69 Paul Stokell 75 30 Ret 0 80
69 Allan Simonsen 33 29 Ret 0 80
Jan Magnussen 45 11 0 0
Jamie Miller 59 15 0 0
Ron Searle 59 15 0 0
Stephen Voight 99 16 0 0
Grant Elliott 89 23 0 0
Mal Rose 89 23 0 0
Brett Peters 99 26 0 0
Paul Romano 24 Ret Ret 0 0
David Krause 24 Ret Ret 0 0
Jose Fernandez 55 Ret 0 0
David Russell 55 Ret 0 0
Peter Doulman 69 Ret 0 0
Robert Jones 69 Ret 0 0
Jonny Reid 72 Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 PHI
 EAS1
 WIN
 BAR
 HID
 QLD
 ORA
 SAN
 BAT
 SUR
 PUK
 EAS2
 Pen. Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

See also

References

  1. ^ "Skaife named owner of Holden Racing Team". 2 June 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via www.abc.net.au.
  2. ^ "Holden completes V8 racing team sale". The Age. 6 June 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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